Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust vs Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Puccinia nemoralis compared with Perognathus merriami

Key Differences

• Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust is Not Evaluated while Merriam’s Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pucciniaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Puccinia	Perognathus
Species	Puccinia nemoralis	Perognathus merriami

Conservation Status

Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.